Groups in this category peddle a combination of well-known hate and conspiracy theories, in addition to unique bigotries that are not easily categorized. Several of the groups seek to profit from their bigotry by selling hate materials from several different sectors of the white supremacist movement.
Top Takeaways
Groups listed under the General Hate category defy simple categorization. They embrace a broad range of bigotries, which can include male supremacy, antisemitism and anti-Black, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views.
While the total number of General Hate groups declined in 2024, the largest such group remains the Proud Boys, a violent “Western chauvinist” men’s group that espouses rabidly anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant beliefs, demonizes trans people and clings to archaic and misogynistic notions of gender. Established in New York City in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the Proud Boys have continued to be staunch supporters of Donald Trump. The group has a long history of violence, and roughly 100 members are believed to have participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The group’s top leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their role in the insurrection, but they have since been either pardoned or had their sentences commuted by President Trump.
Key Moments
In June 2022, Enrique Tarrio, who led the group when its members participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was indicted in federal court for seditious conspiracy alongside four other Proud Boys who participated in the attack. In early October 2022, North Carolina Proud Boys leader Jeremy Bertino pleaded guilty to those charges. In May 2023, Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl were convicted of seditious conspiracy, while Dominic Pezzola was acquitted of that charge but convicted of other felonies. When Trump once again took presidential office in January 2025, he pardoned Tarrio and commuted the sentences of Bertino, Nordean, Biggs, Rehl and Pezzola as part of a broad grant of clemency to Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
While the fallout from the insurrection caused the Proud Boys to take a brief hiatus, the group remobilized. Their activism throughout 2022 and 2023 consisted largely of unannounced protests, most of which targeted LGBTQ+ and reproductive justice events or facilities. They followed the campaigns led by the extreme, Trump-supporting wing of the GOP. As elected officials and media personalities targeted LGBTQ+ people through their propaganda and legislation, groups like the Proud Boys organized protests designed to intimidate LGBTQ+ people and their allies in their own communities.
By 2024, while the group remained mobilized, their numbers declined dramatically — down to 45 chapters from a historic high of 78 in 2022. The lack of national leadership left them rudderless and chapters gave into infighting. “2/3 of our members have sworn off activism and basically wont [sic] leave their houses,” Indiana Proud Boy and longtime white nationalist leader Brien James posted to his Telegram channel in late 2024.
But the Proud Boys became reenergized by Trump’s election and, at the beginning of 2025, his pardoning and commuting the sentences of Proud Boys who were convicted of crimes related to insurrection. The group stands to increase in size and influence during the second Trump presidency.
What’s Ahead
Though Enrique Tarrio is out of prison, his position within the Proud Boys remains unclear. He has been heavily criticized by many of the group’s chapters for acting as a federal informant — a fact that was revealed during one of his trials. Despite the lack of leadership, the group will likely increase in size and mobilize around political flashpoints created by the Trump administration, particularly around such issues as immigration and LGBTQ+ rights.
2024 General Hate Groups
*Asterisk denotes headquarters.
Ambassadors of Christ
Brooklyn, New York
American Blackshirts Movement
Texas
Bill Keller Ministries
St. Petersburg, Florida
Bomb Islam
Phoenix, Arizona
The Brother Nathanael Foundation
Priest River, Idaho
Chick Publications
Ontario, California
Christian Action Network
Forest, Virginia
Congregation of Saints
Richmond, Virginia
Great Millstone
New York, New York
House of David
Brooklyn, New York
House of Israel
New York, New York
Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge — ISUPK New York Headquarters
New York, New York
Israel United in Christ — IUIC Mount Vernon Headquarters
Mount Vernon, New York
Jewish Task Force
Fresh Meadows, New York
Lion of Judah –— Jeshurun Lions
Chicago, Illinois
Masharah Yasharahla — Government of Israel
Raleigh, North Carolina
Mountains of Israel
Houston, Texas
Nation of Kings and Priests
Orlando, Florida
New Black Panther Party
Houston, Texas
New Frontier
Warren, Michigan
Northern Kingdom Prophets
Pueblo, Colorado
OneBody in Yahawashi
Dallas, Texas
Power of Prophecy
Spicewood, Texas
Proud Boys
Flagstaff, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona (North)
Phoenix, Arizona (South)
Pinal, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Vail/Cochise, Arizona
Chico, California
Clovis, California
Los Angeles, California
Sacramento, California
San Bernardino, California
Miami, Florida — Vice City
Miami, Florida — Villain City
Hawaii
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ashland, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Owensboro, Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Reno, Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Rockville Centre, New York
Staten Island, New York
Wilmington, North Carolina
Springfield, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Zanesville, Ohio
Oklahoma
Portland, Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Rock Hills, South Carolina
Memphis, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
San Antonio, Texas
Temple, Texas
Utah
Olympia, Washington
Sicarii 1715
San Diego, California
Social Architects 26/War on the Horizon/Straight Black Pride Movement
Washington, D.C.
True Nation Israelite Congregation
Los Angeles, California
TruNews
Vero Beach, Florida